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Large cloud providers don't make decisions emotionally. They'll take a "let's mitigate the ME stuff and buy best support + performance per dollar hardware possi
by IgorPartola 9y ago
Large cloud providers don't make decisions emotionally. They'll take a "let's mitigate the ME stuff and buy best support + performance per dollar hardware possible" approach. They don't care much about the opinion of the outraged hackers.
- fulafel 9y agoSecurity track record is taken seriously by many big vendors.
- IgorPartola 9y agoIs it? That seems like a big broad claim. Again, after things like RowHammer, did anyone actually do anything differently in a way that affected stock prices?
- fulafel 9y agoLike everyone else, I sure would want to know what kinds of conversations have been going on around RowHammer and customers most affected by it, and system/DRAM vendors. I'm not a believer in stock price as good indicator of anything, sorry to skip that part.
- rdtsc 9y agoUsually mitigated by a special incentives like "15% extra discount for next 2 years if you stay with us". Intel has enough cash and market presence to be able to do those deal. At the same time AMD also has a golden opportunity to for some PR and marketing.